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The following is a list of fires in high-rise buildings.A skyscraper fire or high-rise fire is a class of structural fire specific to tall buildings.Skyscraper fires are technically challenging for fire departments: they require unusually high degrees of organization and cooperation between participating firefighting units to contain and extinguish.
10 buildings sustained major damage or partially collapsed in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, and 10 others were destroyed, 2 of which were demolished due to heavy damage. [1] Several other buildings sustained varying levels of damage, including every building in the World Financial Center and most of the buildings on Vesey Street. [2]
March 29 – Stephen Court historic building fire in Kolkata, India, killed at least 42. [77] September 10 – 2010 San Bruno explosion in San Bruno, California, six-alarm fire from a gas main killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes. November 15 – 2010 Shanghai fire, China, [78] high-rise apartment building fire killed at least 53.
The blaze, Detroit Fire Department Chief James Harris said, broke out on the city’s west side at about 6:30 p.m. at the Detroit Mulch Co., 14300 Prairie. About 120 firefighters in rotating ...
One of them, as the Detroit Free Press reported on Dec. 19, was a three-alarm fire that warranted an evacuation of the building and a halt to production that day of the GMC Hummer EV pickup and ...
One person was killed after an enormous fire Monday night at a suburban Detroit warehouse, known to stock combustible materials, ignited explosions, shook homes and rained down debris as far as a ...
2018 Marseille building collapse: Marseille, France Apartment building 8 dead, 2 injured 2019 2019 Lagos school collapse: Lagos, Nigeria Residential building 20 dead, over 60 injured 2019 Zadra: Zator, Poland Roller coaster: 2019 Notre-Dame de Paris fire: Paris, France Cathedral roof and spire collapse 3 injured 2019 Sihanoukville building ...
The area around the incident has been evacuated as firefighters work to tackle the blaze, shooting water jets from other high-rise buildings. By 8.30am most of the fire was out. Key points